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How to manage reshoring risks - a US case study
Former pharma risk manager and current P.E. integrated risk leader at Sigma7, Andrew Tait, looks at how reshoring changes the exposures faced by manufacturing companies in the US, and what global lessons can be learnt
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Special report: Supply chain risk
How do you manage supply chain risk effectively in a world of constant disruption?
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How supply chains became a strategic risk
Recent shocks mean that supply chain risk management is no longer an operational issue
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Supply chains at a ‘critical junction’
Why global supply chains are ‘on the move’ as risk managers measure the trade-off between cost, risk and sustainability
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Lessons in supply chain disruption
Should we be surprised by the speed and magnitude of supply chain failures - or should we be better prepared?
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Reshoring is ‘misguided’, warns IMF
Supply chain resilience is better built through diversification and ’substitutability’, argues IMF
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WEF expands Industry 4.0 ‘lighthouse’ community
Local manufacturing and supply chain resilience are crucial in the current geopolitical context
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Lessons in risk from the Suez crisis
Suez, COVID and Brexit have challenged assumptions about the complex supply chain risks modern corporates must contend with
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Supply chains: Striking the right balance
Supply chains must balance efficiency and resilience, according to participants at a StrategicRISK Virtual Roundtable